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At approximately 6:52 p.m. on May 7, Fulton County Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to a truck that had driven onto the unfinished bridge across the Spoon River, at Ellisville.

The truck had been traveling west bound on County Highway 17 prior to the crash. Preliminary investigations showed that the truck had struck a parked motorcycle that was sitting on the outside of the barricade line.

The truck then pushed the motorcycle through one of the 8 ft barricades and travelled approximately 50 ft. before becoming airborne for approximately 10 ft. The truck then landed on a single steel "I" beam...